Peter Ransley

Plague Child

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ISBN 13:: 9780007312375
author:: Peter Ransley
format:: Paperback
publisher:: William Collins
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2012
Pages:: 448
Dimensions:: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm
Genre:: Fiction, Historical, , Fiction and related items / Historical fiction, Historical fiction, Modern period, c. 1500 onwards / c. 1600 to c. 1700, FICTION / Historical, Europe / British Isles / United Kingdom, Great Britain, Historical & Mythological Fi
Condition:: New
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The Plague Child by Peter Ransley is set against the backdrop of the English Civil War. In 1625, Matthew Kneave, a plague cart driver, discovers a baby alive in a corpse he has been sent to collect. The baby, who becomes his own, is immune to the disease that ravages the land. Fifteen years later, Matthew's son Tom is apprenticed to a printer in the City. However, Tom soon finds himself at the centre of a complex web of intrigue and danger. As he navigates the treacherous landscape of 17th-century England, Tom must confront his own identity and loyalties. Against the fervent political climate of the period, 'The Plague Child' is a remarkable story of discovery, identity and an England of the past.

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